I voted for Gingrich in the Massachusetts primary back in early March. There's nothing I can really do now but watch the rest of the primaries unfold and unless we start seeing upsets of epic, historic proportions in the remaining primaries, Romney is unfortunately going to coast to the GOP nomination.

I do believe it's third party time. The GOP has been serving us up RINO presidential nominees since 1988. And as much as I liked Reagan, he did not do us any favors by choosing RINO George Bush as his running mate in 1980. (The VP slot on the ticket matters!)

Sarah Palin/Allen West is my dream 3rd Party ticket - that I would crawl through broken glass for - but there are other combinations that can get the job done in 2012 and it's not too late. At this juncture in 1992, nobody knew who Ross Perot was but by June, he was leading both Bush and Clinton in most polls. If not for the Perot campaign imploding and some rather odd behavior on the part of Perot that has still not been explained, I think he could have pulled it out. As it was, he still ended up with 20% of the vote which tells you even back then how hungry the American people were for a legitimate third party candidate.

Whether or not a legitimate third party option arises, I am going to take your advice on the downticket races as our best shot to minimize or even neutralize the damage of Romney presidency or a second Obama term is to INCREASE GOP majority in the House and GAIN GOP majority in the Senate by electing as many Tea Party candidates as we can.

Has ROMNEY been a man to take Ownership for his Team's attacks against Sen. Thompson, GOP candidates, proofers, Gov. Palin, and her children Mr. Cain, Speaker Gingrich and the others?

Has ROMNEY been a man to take Ownership for HIS contribution to the attack on the Maucks?

Friday, December 28, 2007 - Boston Herald "Former Gov. Mitt Romneys administration failed to act on disciplinary recommendations that would have kept ex-con killer Daniel Tavares locked up another year - and behind bars at the time he was accused of killing a newlywed couple in Washington state."

"Despite Tavares long history of violence, the Romney-led Department of Correction took no action on recommendations that he be stripped of good time because of assaults on prison guards in 2003 and 2005, said sources familiar with a state probe into the case."

Once again as Romney let conservatism slide (never had it anyway) Romney made certain that they died.

"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans, has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced, instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found. Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show. In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters, and 14 registered Democrats." - Boston Globe 7/25/2005

Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate, but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ."Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one of the leading anti-marriage attorneys. He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court. Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which, in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated." - U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>

"Romney announces he won't fill judicial vacancies before term ends Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that he won't fill all the remaining vacancies during his term - but instead leave them for his liberal Democrat successor! Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas, editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is "bucking tradition" by resisting the urge to fill all remaining judgeships. "It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges aggressively in the waning moments of their administration," Yas said. He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments. "The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the Judicial Nominating Commission," Yas said. - Boston Globe 11/2/2006

"We fool them all, over and over."

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posted on 04/16/2012 11:52:46 AM PDT
by Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)

Fair enough. Wondering why everyone was trying so hard to win the nomination if it doesn't mean anything.

That sort of intellectual dishonesty is unbecoming on you. You know full well that many of us are rallying around the only conservative left in the race.

The nomination means everything. If Romney gets it, America loses, no matter who wins in the Fall. If Newt gets it, the whole ugly picture shifts 180 degrees over the next four years, because he'll beat the ever-lovin' snot out of Obama and go on to enact a true reform agenda.

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posted on 04/16/2012 11:55:11 AM PDT
by Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)

This is my last election, said Obama.
__________________________________________
I wonder what he means. Assuming he means he’s gone one way or the other in 2012 or 2016, but hoping he didn’t mean he is there to stay, but there won’t be anymore elections.

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posted on 04/16/2012 12:03:59 PM PDT
by mojitojoe
(American by birth. Southern by the grace of God. Conservative by reason and logic.)

If you’re urging people to vote for Romney, you’re a RINO pusher. Worse, you give your consent to the GOP in supporting abortion, tax payer funded abortion, teaching sodomy to school children (the homosexual agenda), homos leading scouts astray, homos in the military, hate crimes, liberal activist judges, compulsory socialized healthcare, government forcing people to enter into private contracts against their will in violation of their inalienable rights, statism, fascism, socialism, etc.

Our founders recognized that our inalienable rights come from God. Our nation was founded on the principle that these rights are sacred and not to be violated and that government derives its “just” powers at the consent of the governed.

I hereby withhold my consent for the government (including uber statists such as Romney or Obama) to trample on my God-given inalienable rights!!

You know full well that many of us are rallying around the only conservative left in the race.

Yeah, well there seem to be more "teach the GOP a lesson" than there are rallyers for Newt.

I think the true disaster is that our choices from the beginning have disappointed one after the other.

And based on Newt's recent comments that he could be "ver, very enthusiastic" for Romney if he wins the nom, I've already got a gut-shot from him. Is he just going to accrue as much conservative campaign contributions as he can and then turn around and stab us in the back with a Willard endorsement?

Well, the problem is Im not going to vote for an abortionist, homosexual agenda pushing, constitution trampling statist no matter which party he may represent.

That's not the problem, Jim -- that's the SOLUTION. :^)

I'm with you. Voting for Romney is as nuts as voting for Obama.

The only way to halt the GOP's veering to the left is to vote such at liberal socialist Republicans LOSE. It's the only way. I'm voting ABOOR and wish ALL conservatives who reject Romney would do the same, so that whichever socialist wins, wins with the slimmest plurality possible. When Clinton won with only 43 percent of the vote, he got CREAMED in the mid-terms.

I think the true disaster is that our choices from the beginning have disappointed one after the other.

I can wholeheartedly agree with that, but I will say that once I really examined Newt's record of accomplishment, I came around to his side pretty quickly.

...based on Newt's recent comments that he could be "ver, very enthusiastic" for Romney if he wins the nom, I've already got a gut-shot from him.

The man does have a penchant for shooting himself in the foot with off-the-cuff statements, but as I said above, his record of conservative accomplishment proves that he will do the right thing if put into a position of great responsibility.

Foot bullets I can live with. What I can't live with, is more crushing Socialism coming from the very top.

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posted on 04/16/2012 12:14:25 PM PDT
by Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)

3. Write in your choice for POTUS or leave it blank and vote straight Republican down-ticket.

If we control the House and Senate, we can shut Obama down. We can hold all of his judicial appointments. We can withhold all money. We can even impeach and convict Obama and Holder for the crimes we know they’ve committed.

If we control both houses of Congress by a large majority, we can reverse much of what Obama’s done and he can’t do a damn thing to stop it. We could even pass a constitutional amendment or two and send them to the states for ratification. That’s the best case scenario we face, IMO.

If Romney wins, it’s business as usual, especially if we control both houses. The GOP-e and RINOs will never listen to or consider conservatives again. But ... if we give them absolutely solid majorities in both houses of Congress but deny them the presidency, guess what? They’ll never ignore us again.

Maybe we put them on notice with the above scenario and give them 4 years to reverse decades of big government. That’s the only way to stop Obama, RINOs, and big government all at the same time.

Give it some thought. I will be.

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posted on 04/16/2012 12:15:08 PM PDT
by BuckeyeTexan
(Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)

I am praying you'll get your chance, in the form of donations to Newt's presidental campaign when he faces the Marxist as our nominee!

This ugly primary that the abortionist liar is trying to buy is not yet over. Nothing is set in cement or inevitable, like the corrupt lamestream would have us believe, so do not surrender and don't stop praying.

Put your trust in Him and continue to support Newt Gingrich and Free Republic; our beacons of truth and liberty!

Agreed, but there is at least a chance we could bully him into nominating a decent conservative, maybe ala Roberts to the SCOTUS. Don’t expect a Scalia of course. That’s about it though as obviously nothing will be done to overturn Obamacare.

We the People have yet to grasp that the Two Party system is NOT the Dems-GOP.....nor is it Liberals-Conservatives.

It Iis DC-Flyover Country. The Lords and Masters -the peons and peasants. The day that reality dawns is the end of Federalism. They keep trying to literally dilute that understanding in Flyover Country.

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posted on 04/16/2012 12:25:05 PM PDT
by mo
(If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)

Our founders recognized that our inalienable rights come from God. Our nation was founded on the principle that these rights are sacred and not to be violated and that government derives its just powers at the consent of the governed.

I hereby withhold my consent for the government (including uber statists such as Romney or Obama) to trample on my God-given inalienable rights!!

That sums it up for me, too, Jim.

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posted on 04/16/2012 12:25:05 PM PDT
by Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)

I can put to use-—at least, I hope so. I have conservative friends who don’t want to hear the truth about Romney. I’m not telling them not to vote for him; they have to make that decision themselves. But I’d think folks would want to be informed about the person they vote for.

That’s why I’m not voting GOP this time around. I never had a chance to cast a vote for Gingrich here in VA, and just can’t bring myself to score one for Romney. This, unless some miracle of miracles happens and Romney gets kidnapped by aliens and Newt gets the nomination by default.

Otherwise, it’s the Constitution Party for me.

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posted on 04/16/2012 12:32:23 PM PDT
by ScottinVA
(A single drop of American blood for muslims is one drop too many!)

My initial reaction to Newt was knee jerk like many others due to his so-called baggage. But after our conservatives began dropping out, I took a fresh look at Newt, his record as a Reagan Revolutionary fighter and conservative leader of the house with many great conservative ACCOMPLISHMENTS, then studied his website and his vision for restoring constitutional government and restoring our Liberty and wished I’d done that review earlier.

He’s the only one who recognizes that to save America we must literally GUT the unconstitutional federal behemoth!! And he wants to do exactly that. GUT it!! Return the power to the states and the people!!

The libs and RINOS tremble in fear and so Newt must be destroyed!!

Romney admitted the other day that he has no interest in drastically cutting the government or taming the beast or drastically cutting our taxes. Just wants to cut the borrowing. Says government should only spend what it brings in (and presumably all of that). No mention of cutting it down to size. No mention of cutting spending down to only those items enumerated in the constitution. No mention of defending our rights or the constitution. Romney has a nasty habit of not cutting spending, not cutting government, but raising “revenues” to cover instead. He’s a “read my lips” kind of guy.

I’ve been watching this shouting match between you and Jim. And before you get the zot, can you please post to exactly where Jim (or anyone else) is advocating a boycott of Repubs downticket?

I sense we conservatives have already lost the general. I’m coming to terms with that. And I’m even relishing the idea of a lame duck Obama. Better a lame duck Obama than Romney with his ideas of socialism polluting the Republican Party.

But in any event; Now is the time to begin focusing on House and Senate races and targeting true TEA Party candidates. I am looking forward to having a strong House and Senate presence even if there is no one in the Hite House that is strong on conservative values.

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posted on 04/16/2012 12:33:13 PM PDT
by Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)

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